Acts 7:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.”
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“Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob the twelve patriarchs.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`And He gave to him a covenant of circumcision, and so he begat Isaac, and did circumcise him on the eighth day, and Isaac <FI>begat<Fi> Jacob, and Jacob--the twelve patriarchs;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Acts 7:8 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 17:9God also said to Abraham, “You must keep My covenant—you and your descendants in the generations after you.
- Genesis 21:1Now the LORD attended to Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what He had promised.
- Genesis 25:21Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.
- Genesis 29:31When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.
- Genesis 35:16Later, they set out from Bethel, and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and her labor was difficult.
- Genesis 35:18And with her last breath—for she was dying—she named him Ben-oni. But his father called him Benjamin.
- Genesis 35:23The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
- Exodus 1:1These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family:
- 1 Chronicles 1:34Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 2:1These were the sons of Israel:
- Matthew 1:2Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers.
- John 7:22But because Moses gave you circumcision, you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath (not that it is from Moses, but from the patriarchs.)
- Acts 2:29Brothers, I can tell you with confidence that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
- Romans 4:10In what context was it credited? Was it after his circumcision, or before? It was not after, but before.
- Romans 9:9For this is what the promise stated: “At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son.”
- Galatians 3:15Brothers, let me put this in human terms. Even a human covenant, once it is ratified, cannot be canceled or amended.
- Galatians 3:17What I mean is this: The law that came 430 years later does not revoke the covenant previously established by God, so as to nullify the promise.
- Hebrews 7:4Consider how great Melchizedek was: Even the patriarch Abraham gave him a tenth of the plunder.
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